My DD (12) has been learning piano for the last 4 years and has flown through the grades .
She has decided that she wants to quit. We have come to a compromise that she carries on learning but there won't be any exams, and she can play pop off she wants.
This meant I have to find a new teacher as her old one is abrsm orientated.
We went to a trial lesson with a new teacher last week who basically played everything by ear without music books. He told my DD that it was a matter of chords and once she got the knack she would be able to play anything from ear.
It all sounds pretty good, especially for pop music as he literally YouTubed a song then played it.
However this isn't what I'm used to. Dd has always had music books to read the music from.
Opinions please, do you think sight reading is more important than playing by ear. I'm not sure how to proceed
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Greatballsofedam · 30/01/2017 17:14
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